Yonder Mountain String Band with Ed Caner on Fiddle
Patrick Metsker sent me this link. Shot at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, OH on March 24, 2002. The song is called "If I Lose". Yonder sounds absolutely amazing. By this time they had about three years of Beatles-in-the-Kaiserkeller-type experience working together.* It certainly shows. I first met the Yonder guys in January of 1999 at the Pioneer Inn in Nederland. I was on vacation from Wayne Newton and staying with a friend Mark Dudrow's named Peter Fiori. I had backpacked my fiddle down the hill about a mile from Pete's house to the PI in a fairly heavy snow, and was ready for beer and music. The pick did not disappoint. I was not a bluegrass player, but that didn't seem to bother anyone. I'll never forget Dave Johnston's smile that night. Wonderful. About 2 months later I ended up moving to Ned to join Runaway Truck Ramp and a few months later became housemates with Dave and Adam Aijala. When I met u...